Dovizioso acknowledges inferiority over Márquez: ‘We have not been able to counter Marquez’

Andrea Dovizioso finished the penultimate race of the championship in sixth place after losing ground to the top five. He said he hoped to be competitive in this malaysian round but also admitted that he had enough difficulty in getting further in the final classification:

‘It has been a bad race for us and now it is time to look at what has happened or if there was something that did not work at 100% because I have suffered a lack of grip throughout the race. As I said on Thursday, I was hoping to have a dry race because we had never done it well here, so it was a very important example for us for all the work done. I am disappointed with the result, but glad to have made at least the dry race’, Dovizioso told in an official statement.

The Italian continued and said that he and Ducati could not cope with an unstoppable Marquez:

– In the end, with the error of Valentino, we take home second place and this is important, although in fact we have not been able to counter Marquez this year. I thank the team because we have done a great job since the middle of the season, but we have to continue because it is not enough.